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This will give you positive difference values where the base area value is

higher than the comparator value and negative difference values where the

base area value is lower than the comparator value.

The ‘target’ associate is optional. If you include target values these will be

shown as little vertical markers superimposed on the horizontal bars.

These will show whether the target for a particular indicator has been

reached or not. If you do not include the ‘target’ associate, these markers

will not show.

In addition to ‘diff’ and ‘target’ associates you can include any others

associates described in section ‘E. The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager’,

sub-section ‘E.5.2. Entering Associate Values’ (e.g. ‘ll’, ‘ul’ or ‘count’) or

your own custom associates.

I.3. Performance Results

I.3.1. Configuration

With this configuration the spine chart works slightly differently. Each

indicator value is represented using a horizontal bar that is superimposed

upon reversible shaded ranges. Each indicator can operate on a different

scale in the bars column. This chart is well suited to displaying

performance indicators but can also be applied more widely to other data.

If you publish this with a demonstration data file the report will look like that

in Figure 177.

Figure 177

Again, you can alter this configuration once you have published a report by

opening the config.xml file using the Designer. For example, you might

decide to remove the baseline column or to change the symbols that are

displayed alongside the indicator values. Please see section ‘I.2. Area

Profile – Spine Chart’, sub-section ‘I.2.1. Configuration’ for detailed

information.

I.3.2. Data Preparation

For each indicator you include in your report you should provide the

following associates in the XML data file(s):

target – target values shown as text in the ‘Target’ column and as vertical

bars in the ‘Performance’ column of the chart